The document discusses how the abundance of learning resources online poses new challenges compared to past scarcity. It proposes that "massive hyper-personalization" through techniques like the "snowflake effect" can help address this issue by personalizing learning resources to each individual user. The snowflake effect aims to create unique, personalized learning experiences for each person based on their interests, skills and other attributes. The presentation provides examples of technologies working towards this kind of personalized learning and encourages collaboration on open networks to further advance the field.

1. The Snowflake Effect
or: how to deal with the
abundance of learning resources
ELI Conference, Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia, 17-18 March 2009
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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2. ‫ﺷﻜﺮﺍ‬
thank you for the invitation!
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4. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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5. design is difficult...
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6. http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/laptop-fun/
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7. Bad problem:
scarcity
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9. Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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12. http://portal.mace-project.eu/
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14. Open
Educational
Resources
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15. Better problem:
abundance
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16. > 3.000.000.000 images
facebook
> 10.000.000.000
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17. > 80.000.000 videos
upload:
13 hours video/min
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19. 44.000 sites
20.000.000 users
1.900.000 courses
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20. Better problem: abundance
still a problem...
Solution:
massive hyper-personalization
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21. The Snowflake Effect
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22. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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23. http://www.aristomusic.com/
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27. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
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28. The future has already arrived.
It's just not evenly distributed yet.
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29. http://aspect-project.org/ http://www.icoper.org/
http://www.role-project.eu/ http://www.stellarnet.eu/
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30. How about you?
• from scarcity to abundance
• set up Pan-Arabic network!
• join ARIADNE & GLOBE!
• “snowflake effect”
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31. Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
Thanks!
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